The remains of the castle can be visited
CastleRappottenstein
Burgleiten Castle
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Die Burgruine Kirchbach+
Geschichte+
Neither the name nor any documentary records of this castle complex, located on the so-called "Burgleiten", have been preserved. It was probably built towards the end of the 12th century. The deserted place name "Siebenberg" and abandoned fields in the vicinity indicate that this was a center (dominion) of a clearing area.
A document from 1389 still mentions a "vest ze Chirichpach, gelegen bey Zwetl". However, the end of the castle is uncertain. It was either abandoned in the 13th or 14th century, or it is also assumed that this complex was inhabited until the Thirty Years' War and was razed to the ground by the Swedes.
Besonderheiten+
Next to the small cistern, there is an inscription in the rock with the year 1684. So far, however, it has not been satisfactorily interpreted.
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